Distinguished Professor of Law Franklin A. Gevurtz' article, "The Overlooked Daisy Chain Problem in Salman," was published in an online supplement to the Boston College Law Review in November 2016. more >

Professor Leslie Gielow Jacobs was interviewed on Capital Public Radio's Insight program by host Beth Ruyak on Dec. 7, 2016. She explained the future of reproductive rights in President elect-Trump’s Administration, specifically Roe v. Wade. more >

Professor of Law Emerita Linda Carter retired from teaching in spring 2016, and has continued her scholarly work with two recent book publications: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Deterrence Effect of the International Criminal Tribunals and The International Criminal Court In An Effective Global Justice System. more >

McGeorge School of Law celebrated recent law school graduates who passed the State Bar of California's July 2016 examination at the 16th annual Swearing-In Ceremony on Dec. 1, 2016, in the Lecture Hall. more >

Professors Raquel Aldana and Blake Nordahl were interviewed on Capital Public Radio’s Insight program by host Beth Ruyak on Nov. 22, 2016. They spoke about the implications of a Trump administration on immigration and how California may choose to diverge from those policies. more >

The McGeorge School of Law team of Andia Farzaneh, Melissa Currier and Lilliana Udang took first place in the New York National Moot Court 67th Annual Competition Northern California Regional Competition (Region 12), held at UC Davis Nov 18-20, 2016. The team also won the award for Best Brief in the competition. more >

The McGeorge mock trial team advanced to the finals in the 2016 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition, held Nov. 11-14 in Buffalo, NY. The team was narrowly defeated by one vote in the Championship Round, losing to Florida State University College of Law in a three-two split ballot. more >

The McGeorge Capital Center for Law & Policy made a big splash at the 2016 Post-Mortem of the Election conference on Nov. 10, 2016 organized by Capitol Weekly. Over 20 faculty, alumni, and students participated with some of California's most interesting and influential political leaders and commentators. more >

Professor John Cary Sims was interviewed on Capital Public Radio’s Insight program by host Beth Ruyak on Nov. 15, 2016. He explained the future of the United States Supreme Court with President elect-Trump nominating the next Justice. more >

The 2016 fall semester faculty and student engagement series, Cookies & Conversation presented "Voting Rights and Restrictions, Back Then and Right Now" on Nov. 1, as well as “Black and Blue: Building Trust in the Age of Black Lives Matter” on Oct. 13. more >

The California Initiative Review “Initiatives at a Glance” 2016 publication is available now online. The CIR is a nonpartisan, objective publication which provides comprehensive, independent analyses of California Ballot initiatives and related issues. more >

The McGeorge mock trial team advanced to the finals in the 2016 California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition. One of the team's advocates, Nia Traylor, won the George Porter Best Advocate in the Final round. more >

McGeorge students will present at the California Initiative Forum on Oct. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Lecture Hall. Professor Mary-Beth Moylan discussed the ballot propositions on Capital Public Radio's Insight program with Beth Ruyak on Oct. 20, 2016. more >

Professor Emeritus Brian K. Landsberg authored the lead article in the current edition of the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy, "Lee v. Macon County Board of Education: The Possibilities of Federal Enforcement of Equal Educational Opportunity." more >

McGeorge hosted its eighth annual Immigration Fair on Saturday Oct. 15, 2016 at the campus Student Center and Quad. Blake Nordahl, the supervising attorney in the McGeorge Immigration Law Clinic, organized the community service event. Alumni, law students, staff, and faculty provided free legal services to 70 people. more >

McGeorge student Michele Gish, '17, was awarded the League of Women Voters of Sacramento 2016 Anne Rudin Scholarship at a reception in October. Mayor Rudin was the first woman elected to be Sacramento's mayor, and she presented the scholarship award to Michele. more >

The McGeorge Moot Court Program has embarked on a full schedule this academic year that includes hosting the Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Advocacy Competition in the spring. KC Souza and Melissa Bocanegra won second best brief at the Thomas Tang Western Regional on Oct. 15. more >

Senior Professor of Public Administration Chester Newland was selected to receive the Local Government Excellence Academic Award from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Professor Newland was honored for the award during ICMA's 102nd Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo. on Sept. 28, 2016. more >

Professor Cary Bricker's 2016-17 mock trial team will tackle an ambitious nine-event schedule that features a busy fall campaign. The first event is the inaugural Mockingbird Challenge sponsored by the Faulkner University School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama. more >

Distinguished Professor of Law Michael Vitiello wrote an op-ed, "Supporting but not inhaling marijuana legalization," on California's Prop 64, that appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Sept. 24, 2016. more >

McGeorge School of Law hosted its Legacy Gala at Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. The evening event celebrated community and alumni donors and their contribution to the McGeorge legacy. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy spoke at the event. more >

Asha Zahrt, 3L on the roof of the former Solyndra building, purchased by Seagate and reopened Summer 2016, retaining the working solar array. Ms. Zahrt is currently the president of the McGeorge Intellectual Property Student Association (IPSA). more >

McGeorge Master of Science in Law (M.S.L.) student Michelle Teran, '17, put her classroom skills to work advocating for the farm worker overtime bill AB 1066 (Gonzalez) which was signed into law by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 12, 2016. more >

McGeorge School of Law Associate Dean J. Clark Kelso’s article, “California Supreme Court’s term: Following the lead,” appears in the September 2016 issue of the California Bar Journal. He has been authoring an annual California Supreme Court review article for the publication since 1999. more >

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific welcomed 228 new students at an Orientation Program held the week of Aug. 8, 2016. Classes for new and returning students began on Monday, Aug. 15. Four new faculty members have joined McGeorge: Lindsey Blanchard, Ederlina Y. Co, Stephen S. Cody and Daniel J. Croxall. more >

This year, McGeorge's nationally ranked mock trial program developed a summer "training camp" to help new and returning competitors learn and develop trial skills. The training culminated on Aug. 13 in an intra-squad competition that showcased their skills and refined their trial techniques. more >

McGeorge hosted the Sixth Annual Western Regional Legal Writing Conference Aug. 5 and 6, 2016, on the topic of “Awakening the Force: LRW and the Development of Professional Identity.” McGeorge professors Hether Macfarlane and Jeffrey Proske organized the two-day conference more >

The Inter-American Summer Program in Antigua, Guatemala, completed its eighth year, holding courses from May 26 to June 17, 2016, with students from six U.S. law schools and five Latin American Law schools. more >

McGeorge School of Law is proud to have participated in International Justice Day 2016. Our students participated in the worldwide campaign to promote international justice through the ABA's International Criminal Court Project. more >

McGeorge School of Law students continue to make their mark on legislation and public policy in California. Two bills that McGeorge students worked on in the Legislative and Public Policy Clinic are still in action this legislative session, while two have been signed into law. more >

McGeorge School of Law is proud to announce that more than 500 of our alumni were recognized as 2016 Rising Stars or Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers magazine in the state editions published so far this year. more >

As part of McGeorge's UTOPIA500 Project, Distinguished Professor Michael P. Malloy gave a lecture at Oxford University on More's Utopia and Socio-Economics. The lecture was part of the Oxford Conference on Business, Economics, Poverty & Inclusive Capitalism, held at the Saïd School of Business, Oxford University, in the UK on July 6, 2016. more >

Ernesto Falcon's web site states his occupation boldly and succinctly: "I defend the Internet." Falcon, ’15, legislative counsel for the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, testified against copyright bill AB-2880 during an Assembly committee hearing in April 2016. more >

The McGeorge Capital Center for Law & Policy highlighted a handful of the impressive McGeorge alumni and faculty in the Center's programs in an array of banners nestled in the trees on K street and Capitol Mall in Sacramento, Calif. From May to July 25, 2016. more >

McGeorge School of Law welcomed 12 Mexican law students and two professors for 10 days of study in Sacramento, Calif. from June 12 to 23, 2016 for a Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior (CETYS) Summer Program. more >

Professor Lawrence Levine's op-ed, "A muted celebration of marriage equality," appeared in The Sacramento Bee on June 24, 2016. "I expected the first anniversary of that monumental decision would be a time of celebration and joy. But how can it be in light of the Orlando massacre?" more >

Arthur Scotland, ’74, prominent attorney and former presiding justice for the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, has been elected to serve as a member of the University of the Pacific Board of Regents. His three-year term begins July 1. Scotland serves on the executive committee of the Anthony M. Kennedy American Inn of Court and is with Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Gross & Leoni LLP. more >

McGeorge School of Law is excited to announce the publication of University of the Pacific Law Review's Volume 47, Issue 3, better known as "Greensheets." This issue covers 11 different laws that came into effect in 2016. Brandon Bjerke, '16, served as Chief Legislation Editor. more >

The National Crime Victims Law Institute (NCVLI) announced Mariam El-menshawi, ’11, as the recipient of the organization’s 2016 Legal Advocacy Award. El-menshawi is the director and principal attorney at the Victims of Crime Resource Center (VCRC), which is located on the McGeorge campus. more >

The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) honored McGeorge as the first place Diversity Matters award winner at the Annual Meeting and Educational Conference on May 31, 2016. This marks the fourth year in a row that McGeorge was recognized as a top three finalist for the award. more >

McGeorge School of Law has announced receiving a $500,000 gift from Steve Ellyson to support a new Carol Olson Endowed Professorship of International Law. This gift will be matched by the Powell Fund to create a $1 million endowment. Mr. Ellyson made his gift to McGeorge in honor of his late wife, Carol Olson, ’83. more >

McGeorge School of Law celebrated its 92nd academic year at the graduation ceremony of the law school on May 21 at the Memorial Auditorium. Kevin M. Nagle gave the commencement address. The Class of 2016 Valedictorians were Patrick Ford (Day), Michelle Daniels (Evening). The McGeorge Barrister of the Year was William C. Maloney. more >

Fair Political Practices Commission Chair Jodi Remke, ’91, gave the keynote address to 15 new members of the McGeorge chapter of the Order of the Coif at the annual induction luncheon on May 20, 2016. New graduates must have finished in the top 10 percent of their classes to qualify for election to membership. more >

Community Leader and Visionary Investor Kevin M. Nagle will deliver the commencement address at the 2016 McGeorge commencement ceremony on May 21, at Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium. Nagle is an owner of the Sacramento Kings basketball team and majority owner of the Sacramento Republic FC, a successful minor league soccer club. more >

2016 Advocacy Awards: Kitty Canales received the Ferris-White Prize for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Kathryne Baldwin was named the ABOTA Student Trial Advocate of the Year. Jenifer Gee collected Appellate Advocate of the Year honors. more >

McGeorge is on the Honor Roll for Best LL.M. programs in the premiere edition of the International Jurist magazine. McGeorge appeared as the only California school among 12 "Top Value" schools, and among 14 schools for "the Law School Experience." more >

The year 2016 is the quincentennial of Thomas More's UTOPIA. UTOPIA500 was an interdisciplinary series of events held at McGeorge School of Law during spring semester 2016 honoring the author and his iconic work, organized by Distinguished Professor Dr. Michael P. Malloy. more >

Kitty Tetrault received the 2016 Ferris-White Prize for Excellence in Trial Advocacy. Kathryn Baldwin was named the ABOTA Student Trial Advocate of the Year. Jenifer Gee collected Appellate Advocate of the Year honors. more >

Tyler Horn and Kynsie Lovell took the honors in the 8th Annual 1L Moot Court Competition, which was held on April 16, 2016. Horn earned the Best Overall Advocate award as well as the Best Oralist award. Lovell received the Best Brief award. more >

Second-year student Aman Grewal won the Top Oral Advocate Award at the McGeorge Global Lawyering Skills (GLS) Final Four competition on April 7, 2016. Finalist awards were given to Katie Hulse, KC Souza, and Lilliana Udang. Best Brief Awards were conferred upon Anton Babich, Amy Monroe, KC Souza, and Lilliana Udang. more >

Aaron was born and raised in Hanford, California, a small agricultural town in the heart of California's Central Valley. Both Aaron's paternal and maternal grandparents migrated to the Central Valley to find work as farm laborers. Aaron's family instilled in him an appreciation for education, and he knew from an early age he wanted to pursue law school. more >

McGeorge Senior Professor of Public Administration Chester “Chet” Newland was honored in March 2016 by receiving the inaugural "Visionary Award" at the 2016 national conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). more >

How do property owners fare before the United States Supreme Court? McGeorge Distinguished Professor of Law John Sprankling explores this question in Property and the Roberts Court, a new study that will be published in the University of Kansas Law Review. more >

The Legislative & Public Policy Clinic, supervised by Professor Rex Frazier, ’00, has a new slate of bills for 2016. Action on these bills began with a good start on March 29 when AB 2505, which prohibits animal euthanasia with CO2 gas, passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee unanimously. more >

The McGeorge School of Law team won the 2016 Roger J. Traynor California Appellate Moot Court Competition. Students Ian McGlone, Sean Creadick and Michael Shepherd won the overall competition, won the top oral advocacy team award, and won the best brief award. McGeorge defeated UC Berkeley in the final round of the tournament. more >

Raihane Dalvi, a first generation American with dual French-American citizenship, has experience in local, state, and national politics, but it is the model of her aunt Josiane, a renowned attorney in Tahiti, which had perhaps the greatest impact on Raihane's decision to pursue law. more >

Stetson University emerged victorious from a strong 22-school field at McGeorge School of Law's 10th National Ethics Trial Competition (NETC) held March 17-19 at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento. more >

McGeorge School of Law is pleased to announce that Joseph Smallhoover has been appointed as Chair of the law school’s International Board of Advisors, and Katharine Baragona, '90, has been appointed as Vice-Chair. Both will serve a two-year term on the Board from March 2016 through March 2018. more >

When an opportunity arose in 1999 to work for Sen. John Burton, then president pro tempore of the California Senate, Anthony Williams, '05, took it. Williams says he emphasized during the interview to Burton that unlike his predecessor, he wasn't a lawyer. That didn't seem to be a problem. more >

The U.S. News & World Report released its 2017 Best Graduate Schools Guide today, March 16, 2016, which included rankings for the nation’s 196 ABA accredited law schools. McGeorge School of Law rose in the overall rankings to 144 in the 2017 Guide. more >

The Annual Global Center Symposium celebrated the scholarship and work of McGeorge Distinguished Professor Linda Carter on March 4, 2016. Her extensive work in the area of international criminal law served as the springboard for the discussions during the Symposium. more >

Two McGeorge teams will compete against 22 other finalists at the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition national tournament in April. Both teams won all five rounds at the regional tournament held March 3–5 in San Francisco, Calif. more >

Commencement is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21 and will not exceed 2 1/2 hours. Please arrive at the Memorial Auditorium no later than 1:15 p.m. to assemble for the academic processional. more >

Kristian C. Corby, '13, knew he wanted to go to law school on the West Coast and study water law, but he didn't know just where. Then he began to notice that his research kept pointing him toward Sacramento and McGeorge School of Law-and he's glad it did. more >

Distinguished Professor Linda Carter’s scholarship will be celebrated at the Annual Symposium of the Global Center at McGeorge on Friday, March 4, 2016. Professor Carter will retire from teaching later this year. more >

As a McGeorge student, Corrie (Erickson) Manning, '11, packed in Moot Court, the Elder and Health Law Clinic, and an Advocacy concentration. Now she is senior deputy general counsel at the League of California Cities in Sacramento. more >

McGeorge students Chris Maloney and Catherine Hawe were the winning team at the National Cultural Heritage Moot Court Competition hosted by DePaul University College of Law in Chicago Feb. 26-28, 2016. more >

Capital Center Director Leslie Gielow Jacobs wrote an op-ed, "Scalia’s impact felt far beyond his written opinions," that appeared in the Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 print edition of The Sacramento Bee. more >

McGeorge School of Law and the Global Center hosted “Grappling With Investor-State Dispute Settlement In and Beyond the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership,” an investment treaty dispute settlement symposium, on Friday Feb. 19, 2016. more >

McGeorge School of Law hosted more than 275 Sacramento-area junior high and high school students on campus at the annual “Discover Law Day” on Feb. 12, 2016. McGeorge will host a second “Discover Law Day” on Friday, March 18. more >

On Feb. 7, 2016, four teams, two consisting of Mock Trial team members and two made up of high performing fall Trial Advocacy students, battled in the courtroom and in S-4/S-5 for a campus victory. Trial team stars Kathryne Baldwin and Kitty Tetrault emerged as the winners. more >

Daniel J. Morrissey, Professor and Dean emeritus at Gonzaga University School of Law delivered the second lecture in the UTOPIA500 series on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Professor Morrissey spoke on More's Utopia and Income Inequality. more >

McGeorge School of Law hosted the 2016 Municipal Law Institute Symposium - Ensuring Integrity in 21st Century California: Water & Public Works in Our Arid State – on Friday, Feb. 5. The full-day program featured five panels of experts, and Sacramento Bee senior writer Dale Kasler gave a keynote talk about "Explaining the Drought.” more >

The McGeorge School of Law team of Kimberly Van Spronsen and Jenifer Gee is in the Final Rounds of the 66th Annual National Moot Court Competition held in New York City, NY from Feb. 9, 2016 through Feb. 12, 2016. more >

McGeorge's Diversity Week 2016, an Admissions/Diversity Initiatives Annual Program, kicks off a full week of events today, Feb. 1, with a fashion show at the Student Center, sponsored by the Middle Eastern & South Asian Association (MESAA). The week ends Feb. 5 with An Evening with the Brubeck Institute Jazz Faculty, with keynote speaker Brian Tippens,'00. more >

The McGeorge Distinguished Speaker Series and Global Center presented Edward Kwakwa, Legal Counsel at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Wednesday as part of the law school’s IP Week program. more >

The National Jurist recognized McGeorge School of Law as No. 3 among the Top 20 law schools for excellence in public service careers in the government category in its Winter edition of PreLaw magazine, above Notre Dame Law School, Washington University and American University. more >